Rostov — CSKA Moscow 0:0

Rostov

0:0

CSKA Moscow

RPL · 8 Aug 2026 · season 2026/27

The score says how it ended. xG says how it should have ended: it is the sum of the chances each shot was worth, not an opinion about the game.

Score0:0

Home xG0.61Rostov

Away xG0.89CSKA Moscow

Expected points1.07 : 1.56

Who deserved it

A fair draw: the xG gap is only 0.28.

The numbers

Team	Goals	xG	Goals − xG	Expected points
Rostov	0	0.61	−0.6	1.07
CSKA Moscow	0	0.89	−0.9	1.56

Goals

There were no goals in this match.

Key chances

Minute	Player	Team	xG	Outcome
69'	Ronaldo	CSKA Moscow	0.36	saved
17'	Kirill Glebov	Rostov	0.10	blocked
44'	Dimitri Barinov	Rostov	0.10	blocked

Shots: Rostov 13, CSKA Moscow 14; big chances (xG 0.3 and above): 0 and 1.

How the game went

In the first half xG was Rostov 0.38, CSKA Moscow 0.26: about even. In the second half xG was Rostov 0.22, CSKA Moscow 0.64: a small edge for CSKA Moscow.

Shot data: Understat. xG rates the quality of a chance; it is not a forecast of the result.

How it fits the season

Rostov: +2.2 for the season (6 in the table). CSKA Moscow: +2.7 (5). The gap between points and xPTS is built from matches like this one.

Other matches of the round

Krylia Sovetov —

Baltika Kaliningrad 0:2

Lokomotiv Moscow —

Akron Tolyatti 0:0

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